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Legionella outbreaks spark industry response

Added: 2 Aug 2012

London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …

CCS

Huntsman automates remote tank gauge monitoring

Added: 1 Aug 2012

Mountain View, California – Huntsman Corp. has installed an expanded wireless system of tank gauge …

Biofuel

Bio-industries must tackle feedstock issues

Added: 31 Jul 2012

Boston, Massachusetts – The bio-based materials and chemicals sector needs to tap newer, non-food …

ABB Robinson Harvest2

Chemicals maker warms to wireless

Added: 30 Jul 2012

West Bromwich, UK – Robinson Brothers is employing energy-harvesting technology to make remote wire…

Process blast

Proactive maintenance key to plant safety

Added: 25 Jul 2012

?Process operators, it seems, are starting to realise the close relationship between safety and the…

Emerson Barking

Sensing safety

Added: 25 Jul 2012

?Recent advances in the field of sensor technologies are proving timely for process operators in th…

lab1

Collaboration to produce butadiene from biomass

Added: 24 Jul 2012

Versalis, Eni’s chemicals subsidiary in the production of elastomers, together with Genomatica and …

CPI

Bridging the divide

Added: 23 Jul 2012

The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

EU-backed project harnesses the potential of food waste

Added: 23 Jul 2012

York, UK- Scientists at the University of York are leading a major EU-backed network that is explor…

Lab

Cardiff University to catalyse manufacturing

Added: 20 Jul 2012

Cardiff, UK - Cardiff University is investing £3 million in the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) a…

Eni chemicals plant

Eni board's Petronas' RAPID complex

Added: 20 Jul 2012

Pengerang, Malaysia - Petronas has signed a heads of agreement with Italy-based Versalis SpA, part …

SABIC CAMERA Teesside

Thermal imaging for hazardous environments

Added: 19 Jul 2012

?Thermal imaging offers clear advantages in ATEX-rated and other hazardous environments, but the la…

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

UK industries pay world's highest 'carbon' costs

Added: 16 Jul 2012

London – UK energy and climate change policies add more to its energy-intensive industries’ electri…

BP Texas refinery

Operating procedure key to process safety

Added: 16 Jul 2012

Article based on Honeywell white paper. Contributors: Subhankar Dey - Senior Marketing Specialist, …

Extinguishing fire using sound

Added: 16 Jul 2012

DARPA has demonstrated techniques to extinguish small flames using electric and acoustic suppression

Flow meter research to benefit process industries

Added: 13 Jul 2012

A new type of flow meter could facilitate the measurement of multiple velocities in a pipeline

BP Texas refinery

BP settles Texas City refinery citations

Added: 13 Jul 2012

London – BP Products North America Inc. has reached an agreement with the US Occupational Safety an…

AFC fuel cells

Alkaline fuel cell for UK chemical plant

Added: 12 Jul 2012

London – AFC Energy has commenced a joint project with Industrial Chemicals Ltd (ICL) to install an…

Saudi Aramco

New Saudi Aramco venture to target energy technologies

Added: 12 Jul 2012

Dhahran Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco has launched of a new corporate venturing subsidiary Saudi Aram…

Showa Denko biopolymer

Showa Denko starts biopolymer production

Added: 12 Jul 2012

Tokyo – Showa Denko KK (SDK) has started commercial-scale production of biodegradable polyester res…